Jonathan Brown

As time ran off the clock at a snowy Beaver Stadium, Illinois kicker Derek Dimke's game-tying 42-yard field goal attempt bounced off the icy right upright and plummeted to the field on an unseasonably frigid Saturday, sending the Illini home with a 10-7 defeat at No. 21 Penn State.

"That's my job and I didn't do my job today," said Dimke, who had made 10 consecutive field goals. "It's the type of kick I dream of: At Penn State, in the snow. It doesn't get any better."

It's hard to imagine it getting much worse for the Illini (6-3, 2-3 Big Ten), who now have dropped three straight...

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